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devolve

/dih-volv/US // dɪˈvɒlv //UK // (dɪˈvɒlv) //

转化,转移,下放,移交

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·volved, de·volv·ing.

    • : to transfer or delegate to or upon another; pass on.
    • : Obsolete. to cause to roll downward.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·volved, de·volv·ing.

    • : to be transferred or passed on from one to another: The responsibility devolved on me.
    • : Archaic. to roll or flow downward.

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Examples

  • This month, growing discontent among parents in California, Colorado and South Carolina devolved into public protests.

  • In Florida, which has seen a sharp increase in pediatric coronavirus cases with dozens of pediatric hospitalizations, the issue has devolved into a partisan showdown.

  • Well-meaning programs devolve into grievance sessions … rather than listening and trying to relate.

  • A fusion of the fantasy and science-fiction genres, the Age of Legends is a tale of paradise lost, as a futuristic Garden of Eden devolves into a dangerous and broken world.

  • As the Kapoor clan prepares to fulfill the man’s wish of clicking one last family photograph, long- held secrets spill out and the house devolves into chaos.

  • Everyone knew that that reality could easily, indeed would likely, devolve into the sectarian disaster we see now.

  • Forced C-section debates often skirt or even devolve into a proxy pro-choice/pro-life debate, explains Diaz-Tello.

  • This will, inevitably, devolve into the comedian freaking out and crying on the floor.

  • Politics has a tendency to devolve into juvenile playground taunts and smears.

  • Have you ever seen a character devolve into a completely different person?

  • We shall propose that the duty of collecting the returns shall devolve on the excise.

  • There is duty incumbent on us which we cannot devolve on others.

  • He pretended by his sole act and deed, to devolve upon these the whole authority of the state.

  • Besides Rhoda, Master Gammon was being waited for; on whom would devolve the driving of the cart back from the station.

  • She never could devolve upon that if love failed her; art could only be a part of her love henceforward.